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City Pairings
loose match
Carson City, Nevada and Kabul, Afghanistan are a loose climate match — 11,770 km (7,314 mi) apart. Carson City is Köppen zone Csa; Kabul is BSk.
See Carson City on the interactive map →Carson City is classed hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) while Kabul is cold steppe (BSk) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Roughly 11,770 km (7,314 mi) separates them — far enough that Kabul feels like another continent, close enough on the climate numbers to stand in for Carson City.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for Carson City, though not a perfect copy. July by 2°C (Kabul warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Kabul cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Kabul at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.6 h/day in Carson City (January 7.8 h / 7.6 h, July 12.8 h / 13.7 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 22 µg/m³ in Kabul vs 6 in Carson City (higher by 16 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January -7°C vs -6°C; July 7°C vs 4°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Kabul, Afghanistan is the closest distant match for Carson City, Nevada — scored loose, about 11,770 km (7,314 mi) away.
Carson City and Kabul are separated by roughly 11,770 km (7,314 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Carson City is hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) and Kabul is cold steppe (BSk), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Carson City has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). January averages a high of 8°C and a low of -7°C with 30 mm of rain; July averages 33°C / 11°C and 6 mm.
Carson City averages about 7.6 hours of sunshine a day in January and 13.7 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 7 µg/m³ (US AQI 43); July averages 5.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 59).
Other close climate matches for Carson City: Santiago (loose), Damascus (loose), Quetta (loose).
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